#DDDE87#DDDE87

#DDDE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.109 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE87
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -12.94, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 44.45, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0357 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.109 109)
XYZ	xyz(60.3141, 69.3651, 33.1285)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE87 #8887DE

analogous

#DEB487 #DDDE87 #B1DE87

triadic

#DDDE87 #87DDDE #DE87DD

tetradic

#DDDE87 #87DEB4 #8887DE #DE87B1

square

#DDDE87 #87DEB4 #8887DE #DE87B1

split-complementary

#DDDE87 #87B1DE #B487DE

monochromatic

#B6B833 #CFD157 #DDDE87 #EBEBB7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#DDDE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE87

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE87	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.109 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ab',
    500: '#ddde87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde87;
$custom-light: #e9e8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.69,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88068,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.69364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE87

secondary

#5554B5

accent

#21C423

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE87

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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